Applied Motion Study
A Collection Method to industrial Preparedness

MOTION MODELS 105 course, is not new. It must have existed, whether used consciously or not, ever since there was any activity at all; but what is now generally under- stood by the phrase “ motion study ” had its be- ginning in the year 1885. We quote here an earlier account, by one of the writers, of his first day at construction work. This will be of in- terest to this particular audience as not only out- lining what occurred, but indicating to some ex- tent the mental process that lay back of it. We quote: “ I started learning the work of the construc- tion engineer on July 12,1885, as I had been prom- ised that a thorough mastering of at least one trade, and a general practical experience with many trades, would be followed by rapid pro- motion in my particular line of engineering. I was, accordingly, put to work between two spe- cially selected, expert bricklayers, who were in- structed that they were to teach me the trade as rapidly as possible. They gladly agreed to this. First one taught me, then the other, and, much to my surprise, they taught me entirely different methods. To make matters still more puzzling to me, I found that the methods that they taught